Easy Linux Pre-Alpha 0.2
Posted: Sun 02 Apr 2017, 08:42
Hi all,
fascinated with Puppy since 2003, I'm impressed with the new features of Easy Linux, but I'm also faced with an unexpected keyboard-layout/Xorg issue.
Running Easy Linux from a Dell desktop (Optiplex 980) or a Dell Laptop (Latitude E6500), the QuickSetup Settings are (country: de_CH German,Switzerland; time zone: Europe/Zurich; keyboard-layout: de Germany or de-latini Germany).
As in previous Quirkies, the desktop's usb-keyboard only works correctly after correcting the country configuration via the desktop setup-icon (XKB configuration manager > layouts > change > Switzerland).
Trying to boot the same way on the Laptop (SD-card connected via an external card-reader to an usb2-port, on the desktop as well as on the laptop), superficially the QuickSetup settings appear to remain unchanged, yet the keyboard-layout spontaneously is reset to the default(US?) layout, and I'm unable to really correct that issue via the setup-button. Choosing Swiss-German layout leads to German layout, and third-level chooser configuration mostly fails. Furthermore, every change is lost after restarting X!
Even worse, trying to now boot the desktop with the SD-card which was used on the laptop, QuickSetup configuration still appears to be correct, but internally the keyboard-layout is reset, and restarting X after re-configuration via the setup-button results in an Xvideo issue. The desktop is unable to spontaneously restart the Xvideo, and running the Xorgwizard proves to be a rather haphazard workaround.
How to explain that kind of unexpected changes in the configuration settings...... and how to correct this problem?
kind regards
dolittle
fascinated with Puppy since 2003, I'm impressed with the new features of Easy Linux, but I'm also faced with an unexpected keyboard-layout/Xorg issue.
Running Easy Linux from a Dell desktop (Optiplex 980) or a Dell Laptop (Latitude E6500), the QuickSetup Settings are (country: de_CH German,Switzerland; time zone: Europe/Zurich; keyboard-layout: de Germany or de-latini Germany).
As in previous Quirkies, the desktop's usb-keyboard only works correctly after correcting the country configuration via the desktop setup-icon (XKB configuration manager > layouts > change > Switzerland).
Trying to boot the same way on the Laptop (SD-card connected via an external card-reader to an usb2-port, on the desktop as well as on the laptop), superficially the QuickSetup settings appear to remain unchanged, yet the keyboard-layout spontaneously is reset to the default(US?) layout, and I'm unable to really correct that issue via the setup-button. Choosing Swiss-German layout leads to German layout, and third-level chooser configuration mostly fails. Furthermore, every change is lost after restarting X!
Even worse, trying to now boot the desktop with the SD-card which was used on the laptop, QuickSetup configuration still appears to be correct, but internally the keyboard-layout is reset, and restarting X after re-configuration via the setup-button results in an Xvideo issue. The desktop is unable to spontaneously restart the Xvideo, and running the Xorgwizard proves to be a rather haphazard workaround.
How to explain that kind of unexpected changes in the configuration settings...... and how to correct this problem?
kind regards
dolittle